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Mayor Bloomberg won’t say how many of the 6,000 teachers he’s targeted for lay offs will wind up getting pink slips, now that Albany is giving the city hundreds of millions dollars less than it sought.

The state is expected to give New York City about only $200 million of the $600 million it sought, according to a budget deal announced yesterday afternoon and Bloomberg’s aides. Outside City Hall this morning, the mayor warned, “You’re…

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